retranslate
verb
re·trans·late
ˌrē-tran(t)s-ˈlāt 
-tranz-
retranslated; retranslating; retranslates
: to translate (a translation) into another language
also
: to give a new form to
: to retranslate something
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The most obvious embodiment of this trend was the Saturday headliner Billie Eilish, who has achieved superstar status by seeming to retranslate the great American songbook into occult-ritual hymns.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2022
The expert retranslated a primary record of the Grayback’s sinking and found that the longitude differed from a record created in 1946.
—Fox News, 11 Nov. 2019
Errors are a danger, especially when words are retranslated from English into other languages.
—New York Times, 4 July 2019
Knopf has taken the trouble of having some of the other books retranslated into English for their rerelease.
—Janet Maslin, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
This question made me rethink — and retranslate — the Korean greeting, and realize how hasehyo could be taken as a more forceful verb, insinuating a command.
—Nami Mun, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2017
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2022
The expert retranslated a primary record of the Grayback’s sinking and found that the longitude differed from a record created in 1946.
—Fox News, 11 Nov. 2019
Errors are a danger, especially when words are retranslated from English into other languages.
—New York Times, 4 July 2019
Knopf has taken the trouble of having some of the other books retranslated into English for their rerelease.
—Janet Maslin, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
This question made me rethink — and retranslate — the Korean greeting, and realize how hasehyo could be taken as a more forceful verb, insinuating a command.
—Nami Mun, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2017
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“Retranslate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retranslate. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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retranslate
verb
re·trans·late
ˌrē-tran(t)s-ˈlāt
-tranz-
: to translate into another language
retranslated the German translation into English
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